英语词汇“peter out”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	peter out
释义	peter out SEE SYNONYMS FOR peter out ON THESAURUS.COM Dwindle or diminish and come to an end, as in Their enthusiasm soon petered out. The origin of this usage is unknown, but one authority suggests it may refer to the apostle Peter, whose enthusiastic support of Jesus quickly diminished so that he denied knowing him three times during the night after Jesus's arrest. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby peter out Peter III, Peterlee, Peterloo Massacre, peterman, Petermann Peak, peter out, Peter Pan, Peter Pan collar, “Peter Piper”, Peter Principle, Petersburg The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to peter out abate, ebb, wane, recede, evaporate, fade, die out, taper off, diminish, drain, fail, lessen, pall, rebate, run out, stop, come to nothing, give out, run dry
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